What is recorded here

Bonhard House stood on a ridge above the Forth as a comfortable L-plan mansion built by Nicholas Cornwall in the 1580s, not a defensive castle. Its thick rubble walls, octagonal stair turret and panelled first-floor rooms suggest a family that valued refinement, hostess and local power rather than battlefield fear. The Cornwalls lived there through wars, courts and marriage alliances until the line ended in 1732, leaving behind a house shaped by pride, pride of place and ordinary domestic life.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bonhard House as Country House (19th Century), Grave Slab (18th Century), Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Bonhard House was originally a medieval tower house, later expanded into a country house in the 19th century. It is remembered for its historical evolution and the presence of an 18th-century grave slab, indicating long-standing family or local significance.

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